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MARISCUS SIEBERIANUS Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 286; C. B. Clarke in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 88. 



Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, in most or all islands and 

 provinces. In old clearings, open grasslands, etc., at low and medium 

 altitudes. Pantropic; considered by Kiikenthal to be a variety of M. 

 umbellatus Vahl. 



Local names: Kupiupi (Sub.); okokiang (Bon.); mangilang (Sub.). 



MARISCUS TENUIFOLiUS Nees in Mart. Fl. Brazil 2 1 (1843) 46; C. B. 

 Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 87. 

 Mariscus flabelliformis C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 

 Bot. 89; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 113, non ? HBK. 



Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. Scattered in thickets and 

 secondary forests at low and medium altitudes. India to the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Local name: Bakis-bakisan (Tag.). 



6. JUNCELLUS C. B. Clarke 

 JUNCELLUS PYGMAEUS (Rottb.) C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 

 (1893) 596, Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 81; Merr. Fl. 

 Manila (1912) 109. 

 Cyperus pygmaeus Rottb. Descr. Ic. (1773) 20', t. 14, f. 4, 5; Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 261; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 301. 

 Dichelostylis pygmaea Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 289; Kneucker Cyp. 

 Exsic. No. 248. 



Luzon (Cagayan, Rizal, Laguna), Mindanao (Lanao), Merrill Phil. PI. 

 509, B S. 22984, 2684 Ramos, 22714 Castillo. In open wet places, river 

 banks, etc., at low and medium altitudes. Africa, India to Korea southward 

 to Australia. 



7- TORULIN1UM Desvaux 



TORULINIUM FERAX (L. C. Rich.) Ham. Prodr. PI. Ind. Occ. (1825) 15 

 • (ferox) ; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 114. 

 Cyperus ferax L. C. Rich, in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1 (1792) 106; 



Naves Novis. App. (1882) 305; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 



155, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 283. 

 Torulinium confertum Desv. ex Ham. Prodr. PI. Ind. Occ. (1825) 15; 



Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 131; C. B. Clarke in Philip. 



Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 89. 

 Diclidium elatum Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 27. 

 Cyperus calopterus Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 282; Naves Novis. 



App. (1882) 305. 

 Cyperus holophyllus Miq. op. cit. 283; Naves 1. c. 

 Mariscus ferax C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 624. 

 Cyperus haenkei Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 172. 



Throughout the Philippines. In open wet places at low and medium 

 altitudes. Pantropic. 



Local names: Biliran (S. L. Bis.); pulakgalau (Sub.). 



8. KYLLINGA Rottboell 

 KYLLINGA BREVI FOLIA Rottb. Descr. Ic. (1773) 13, t. 4, f. 3; Naves 

 Novis. App. (1882) 300; Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 

 (1854) 28; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Joum. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 78; 

 Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 107. 

 Kyllinga rigidula Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 71; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 3 (1856) 294; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 300, quoad pi. Philip. 



